Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-12-22
A HEAVY DAYS WORK.
TEE LEGISLATURE RUSH rBRoUGH
MUCH BUSINESS YESTERDAY.
hr Barbour Declared Electsd Senator
Various Debt Resolutions Acted On
Delegate Scott Unseated; New
Election Ordered.

The Senate met yesterday morning al
IL o'clock--Lieutenant- Governor John
+. Massey in the chair. Prayer was
offered by Rev. J. Calvin Stewart, OF the
Fourth Presbyterian church.
A message was read from the Clerk OF
the House OF Delegates informing the
Senate OF the passage by that body on
Tuesday of certain bills. These were
twice read and properly referred.
FINANCIAL EXHIBIT.
The Chair laid before the Senate n
printed communication from Colonel
Frank q. Ruilin, Second Auditor, in re-
sponse to a resolution of the Senate di-
recting him to inform the Senate what
amount would be left in the Treasury to
pay the annual interest on the debt as
now recognized after paying all other
expenses OF the government as estimated
by the Auditor of Public Accounts. The
communication contains two statements
condensed from Colonel Ruffin's report
for the fiscal year ending September 30.
1887. All of the information contained
has been published. The paper was re-
ferred to the Committee on Finance.
Mr.. Acker (Republican), of Rocking
ham, following in the footsteps Of Mr..
Waddill in the House) created quite stir
byintroducing a preamble and Joint reso-
luton instructingth the Virginia representa-
tiyes IN Congress to wait upon Speaker
Carlisle and urge upon him the i'm
poriance Of so appointing his committees
as not again TO defeat the Blair educa-
tiOnal bill and the abolition of internal
revenue. which, il was alleged, he has
more than once defeated by his appoint
ments of committees.
Mr.. Ackcr moved TO suspend the rules
requiring the resolution to lie over one
day, and to act upon it at once.
Mr.. HoatOn thought there were too
many important measures to engage the
attention of the Senate to be fOoling
with such nonsense as this. He hoped
the resolution would be summarily dis
missed and not be spread upon the
journal.
Mr.. Hurt arose, entered objection to
the Introduction of the resolution,
and asked the Chair to exercise what
he claimed to he its right and rule
out Of order the paper which set
forth as facts what are not facts.
Mcssrs. Gordon, Staples, KOiner, Wick
ham, Williams, and others urged the re-
lection of the proposition, and the dis
cussion waxed exceedingly warm. The
ground taken was that resolutions could
only be offered "by leave" of the Sen
ate, and that this proposition was out of
order in that it is beyond. the scope of
the legislation of this body.
Mr.. Berry held that it was the inhe-
rent right OF every senator TO introduce
such measures as he thinks proper, pro-
vided they are expressed in respectful Ian
guage. and that the course sought to be
taken was an attack upon the senator's
liberty. The rules of the body were
made to protect minority, and he
wanted them enforced equally in all
cases. The Chair had never been given
and it would be n dangerous
precedent 10 establish, to decide what
matters presented were meritorious.
MIR. Acker said he thought his resolu-
ton was a legitimate one and entitled to
Mr.. Hubbard also spoke
in this strain.
The Chair, Mr.. Massey. in his deci-
sion, in which he overruled the point
Mr.. Berry, said if he was on
The floor he would undoubtedly use his
best efforts to have the resolutionsplaced
under the table.
The rules we're suspended, and the
on motion of Mr. Berry,
was dismissed and ordered not to be
spread on the journal. The vote re-
% noes, 10.
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